AP World History - Period 1 EOY Review

Which statement best summarizes the influence of the bureaucracy during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)?

• It promoted foreign trade, but made tax collection difficult

• It made managing the empire more efficient, but it was very expensive

• It ended corruption, but it weakened the scholar gentry class

• It strengthened Buddhism, but it undermined Confucianism

What would be most responsible for the spike in population in China in the postclassical era?

• the perfecting the manufacturing of Porcelain

• the prolific trade on the Silk Road

• the introduction of Champa rice to the Chinese diet

• the high demand for Chinese silk

Which of the following is an indicator of increasing patriarchy in China?

• Civil Service Exam

• Veiling of Women

• Footbinding

• Issuing of Dowry's

Japan was influenced and gain knowledge of things like Confuciaism from where?

• Korea

• China

• It didn't

• Silk Road

Who was Ibn Battuta?

• Religious Leader

• Merchant

• Christian Travler

• Islamic traveler

China was the starting point for which of the following:

• Silk Road Trade

• All world religions

• Major political thought in the West

• Military Expansion

What dynasties are considered the "Golden Age" of China?

• Tang and Song

• Song and Ming

• Song and Yuan

• Tang and Han

Select ALL the technology that was utilized by the Song Dynasty.

• Increased stability of the compass

• Gunpowder being used in warfare

• Developed drought-resistant rice

• Continuation of the woodblock printing

What do Vietnam, Japan, and Korea have in common?

• They all have languages that stem from the same linguistic family.

• China left a lasting cultural and religious imprint on them.

• All were once colonies of the Mongols.

• All were conquered by the Sung dynasty.

Which of the following is a continuity in Chinese History during this time period? (more than one answer)

• Civil service exams

• Patriarchy

• Paper money

• Wood block printing